Posts from the “1950s” Category

ÉDES ANNA (1958) Director: Fábri Zoltán Writer: Kosztolányi Dezső, Fábri Zoltán, Bacsó Péter Cinematography: Szécsényi Ferenc Cast: Törőcsik Mari, Mezey Mária, Kovács Károly Fülöp Zsigmond, Báró Anna, Gobbi Hilda, Makláry Zoltán Director Fábri Zoltán had a long film career, beginning in the early fifties and ending with his final feature in 1983. Fábri was a man known to be mostly concerned with humanity, often choosing narratives surrounding the events of World War II as a vehicle to deconstruct his ideas about humanity. This interest would lead him down an aesthetic path that mostly dealt with realism. He would also adapt most of his films from well-known Hungarian novels and short stories. ÉDES ANNA is an adaption of the book of the same title, written by beloved author Kosztolányi Dezső. While Kosztolányi is little known outside of Hungary, he is known…